May 11, 2021
An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of a 17-year-old who died after being stabbed in Smethwick.
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Derlarno Samuels died aged 17
Derlarno Samuels, from Smethwick, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after the incident at around 4.14pm on May 1.
Black Country Coroners Court heard Mr Samuels was stabbed in the chest and died shortly afterwards the same day.
Area Coroner Joanne Lees opened and adjourned the inquest as a result of the police investigation – with a man having been charged with murder.
The scene outside Nowa Polka in Waterloo Road, Smethwick